Health and Fitness » automated external defibrillator http://davidsonnews.net/healthandfitness Thu, 14 May 2015 13:58:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 32 CMS elementary schools to get defibrillators http://davidsonnews.net/healthandfitness/2011/09/02/32-cms-elementary-schools-to-get-defibrillators/ http://davidsonnews.net/healthandfitness/2011/09/02/32-cms-elementary-schools-to-get-defibrillators/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:02:43 +0000 http://davidsonnews.net/healthandfitness/?p=1104 On Wednesday the Lucky Hearts Campaign donated 32 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and 13 AEDs to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.

AEDs cost about $1,500 each, and the donation allows CMS to place a device in each elementary school that does not currently have one. Grants and donations from multiple organizations already have provided at least one AED at each CMS middle school, high school and some elementary schools.

The Lucky Hearts Campaign is a strategic partnership between MEDIC EMS (Mecklenburg EMS Agency,) which serves a 542-square mile area that includes rapidly expanding Charlotte, and the Mecklenburg Medical Alliance and Endowment (MMAE), a non-profit organization formed by a group of physicians’ spouses more than 75 years ago. The Campaign is working to place AEDs in the hands of organizations and businesses across Mecklenburg County, and raise awareness of the importance of using the AED at the first sign of cardiac arrest.
 
According to Medic, when an AED is used to treat a person suffering from cardiac arrest, they have a better chance of survival and recovery. Just five to seven minutes of cardiac arrest can be fatal. The sooner the device is applied, the better the outcome.
 

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